Pillow construction



Nov. 9, 1965 M. J. JACKSON 3,216,027

PILLOW CONSTRUCTION Filed May 7, 1963 ATTORNEYS.

United States Patent 3,216,027 PILLOW CONSTRUCTION Mildred J. Jackson,549 W. Allen St., Springfield, Ill. Filed May 7, 1963, Ser. No. 278,6961 Claim. (Cl. 337) This invention relates to a pillow construction andmore particularly to a pillow formed of a plurality of individual layersremovably secured to each other to form a stacked headrest which isextremely soft and flexible and therefore particularly comfortable.

As conducive to a better understanding of the instant invention itshould be understood that it is necessary for many women to sleep withtheir hair in curlers or the like in order to maintain a set or chosencurl without unnecessarily time consuming combing and brushingoperations each morning. Such curlers or rollers are oftentimesextremely large, particularly for producing the bouifant hairdoscurrently in fashion. Also, they frequently have a toothed or spinysurface to facilitate holding the hair in place. It will be readily seenthat the utilization of such implements is extremely uncomfortablemaking it difiicult for a woman to sleep with the same in her hair.

It is, therefore, a primary object of this invention to provide a pillowconstruction which is particularly soft and flexible so that the rollersor curlers may sink into the surface of the pillow to thereby ease thepressure on head of the user.

Another object of the instant invention is the provision of a pillowconstruction having a plurality of individual layers which are removablysecurable to each other to readily vary the thickness thereof toaccommodate various sizes of curlers or rollers and to satisfy thespecific needs of the user.

A further object of this invention is to provide a pillow constructionformed of a plurality of individual layers, each layer being quilted toincrease the softness and flexibility of the combined construction.

Yet another object of the instant invention is to provide such a pillowwhich may be produced in any of a variety of sizes and shapes and whichtherefore will offer great flexibility in use.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a pillowconstruction formed of a plurality of individual layers and a variety ofspecific means for removably securing the plurality of layers to eachother.

Other and further objects reside in the combinations of elements,arrangements of parts, and features of construction.

Still other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed outas the description of the invention proceeds and as shown in theaccompanying drawing where- 1n:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of one layer of a pillow construction inaccordance with the instant inventive concept;

FIGURE 2 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken substantially online 22 of FIGURE 1 FIGURE 3 is a side elevational view of the layerillustrated in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 4 is a side elevational view similar to FIG- URE 3 but showing alayer of increased thickness;

FIGURE 5 is a side elevational view similar to FIG- URES 3 and 4, butshowing a layer of still greater thickness;

FIGURE 6 is a side elevational view showing a plurality of individuallayers removably secured together by a flexible member tied throughvertically aligned loops spaced about the periphery of each layer;

FIGURE 7 is a top plan view of a modified layer for the pillowconstruction of the instant invention which is square in form;

FIGURE 8 is a top plan view of another modified layer for the instantpillow construction which is rectangular in form and substantiallysimilar to the conventional bed pillow;

FIGURE 9 is a fragmentary perspective view of an individual layer forthe pillow construction of the instant invention showing the use of abutton and a tab with a buttonhole as a securing means;

FIGURE 10 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to FIGURE 9illustrating the use of snaps and an elongated tab means for securingindividual layers together; and

FIGURE 11 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to FIGURES 9 and 10of a curved pillow layer showing the use of eye means and an elongatedtab carrying hook means to secure the layers to each other.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing.

Referring now to the drawing and more particularly to FIGURES l to 3, anindividual layer for the pillow construction of the instant invention isindicated generally by the reference numeral 20 and is shown assubstantially rectangular in form, having an upper and lower covering 22and 24, respectively, formed of any conventional material, nylon beingpreferable, and containing therewithin a filling 26 also formed of anyconventional material, a polyester such as Dacron, a product of Du Pont,being found most satisfactory. The coverings 22 and 24 are sewn abouttheir priphery at 28 and are preferably quilted as indicated at 30 toincrease their flexibility and softness.

Each of the layers may be formed in varying thicknesses as indicated at20a and 20b in FIGURES 4 and 5, respectively.

Each layer has a plurality of means spaced about its periphery forremovlably securing a selected number of the same together. Oneembodiment of such means is shown at 32 to comprise loops formed of aflexible material such as cord or the like secured to each corner ofeach layer and adapted to be vertically aligned as shown in FIGURE 6when a plurality of layers are stacked one upon the other, to receivetherethrough a flexible member 34 which may be tied into a bow as shownat 36.

The use and operation of the pillow construction of the instantinvention will now be apparent. Any number of desired layers may besuperimposed or stacked as illustrated in FIGURE 6 and the flexiblemembers 34 may then be secured through the loops 32 to maintain theplurality of layers in a fixed relationship. Whenever it is desired tovary or change the number of layers utilized, the flexible member 34 maybe readily untied and layers 20 removed or added as necessary.

Each layer may be formed in any desired size and shape, a substantiallysquare layer being indicated at 20d in FIGURE 7 and a substantiallyrectangular layer, similar in form to a conventional bed pillow, beingshown at 20a in FIGURE 8.

The modification of FIGURE 8 is shown as having a button 38 secured ateach of its corners to cooperate with an elongated tab means (not shown)having a plurality of spaced buttonholes defined therein for engagingvertically aligned buttons 38 on stacked layers.

A slight modification is shown in FIGURE 9- at 201 wherein a button 40and a tab means 42 having a buttonhole 44 defined therein is secured toeach corner of each layer, the buttonhole 44 being engageable with asimilar button 40 on the next lower layer when the layers are stacked asshown in FIGURE 6.

The modification shown in FIGURE 10 at 20g has onehalf of a conventionalsnap means secured to each corner of each layer (not shown) with aplurality of cooperating other halves 46 being secured in spacedrelationship to an elongated tab means 48. The tab means 48 may be madein a variety of lengths depending upon the number of layers to beutilized or it may be made in a single length with extra snap means 46hanging free. The snap means may be readily engaged when a plurality oflayers are stacked as shown in FIGURE 6 to align the corners thereof.-

A still further modification is shown in FIGURE 11 at 20h and isillustrated as curved to indicate that a circular or oval pillowconstruction may be readily provided. In this embodiment a plurality ofeye means 50 are secured around the periphery of each layer in spacedrelationship and a tab means 52 is provided having a plurality ofvertically spaced hook means 54 for cooperating with vertically alignedeye means 50 on a plurality of stacked layers in an obvious manner.

It will now be seen that there is herein provided a pillow constructionwhich satisfies all of the objects of the instant invention and others,including many advantages of great practical utility and commercialimportance.

Since many embodiments may be made of the instant inventive concept andsince many modifications may be made in the embodiments hereinbeforeshown and deimposed similar individual bed pillows each of whichcomprises a pair of similarupper and lower covers with the annular outersections thereof in face to face contact, stitching by which saidannular outer sections are sewn together to provide a container for asoft flexible piling, said stitching being disposed inwardly of theperiphery of said covers to provide an annular outwardly extendingflange about said container; and securing means by which a plurality ofsuperimposed pillows are detachably connected together, said securingmeans comprising a plurality of annularly spaced buttons secured to saidflange, a plurality of tabs having the upper ends thereof secured tosaid flanges, one of said tabs extending downwardly 1 from each of saidbuttons, a button hole formed in the lower free end of each of said tabsthrough which the buttons secured to the flange of an adjacent lowerpillow. are inserted to detachably secure said adjacent pillows 7together.

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FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

